Month: October 2023
AVerMedia launches its first HDMI 2.1 USB capture card, priced at $299.99
It’s nearly three years since HDMI 2.1 consoles like the Xbox Series X and PS5 launched and we’re finally seeing HDMI 2.1 capture cards appear on the market. AVerMedia is launching its $299.99 Live Gamer ULTRA 2.1 (what a name) HDMI 2.1 USB capture card today, offering streamers and gamers…
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Exploring the risks and benefits of password managers
Passwords, one of the earliest forms of online security, are crucial for safeguarding accounts, applications, devices, and data. Despite various challenges surrounding them, they are unlikely to become obsolete soon. The main issue with passwords is their number and frequency of use. With the need to access various websites and…
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X defends itself over EU accusations of playing host to Israel-Hamas disinformation
X CEO Linda Yaccarino has said the social media platform formerly known as Twitter has identified and removed “hundreds” of Hamas-affiliated accounts, and has “taken action to remove or label tens of thousands of pieces of content” in the wake of terrorist attacks carried out by Hamas against Israel. Yaccarino’s…
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Destiny 2 players who were accidentally banned will be compensated with $45 of in-game currency
Bungie has apologized for mistakenly banning some Destiny 2 players and will compensate those affected by giving away premium in-game currency. As reported by The Verge’s senior editor Tom Warren on Twitter, Bungie has seemingly reached out to a number of players recently to inform them of a mistake made…
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Assassin’s Creed Mirage players collectively racked up almost 500 years of parkour in less than a week
Assassin’s Creed Mirage was only released last week, but in a matter of days, its players have somehow managed to spend about half a millennium parkouring around the game’s city of Baghdad. To be exact: in six days, players spent a grand total of 479 years performing slick moves and…
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“We broke them all” — How researchers broke current image watermarking protections and what it means for a new era of truth-altering ‘reality’
The tool many big tech companies are banking heavily on being able to help the public and businesses separate fact from fiction, in the context of AI’s meteoric rise, has already been undermined before it’s even taken off. The idea of watermarking is something that companies including OpenAI, Amazon and…
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